SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs8 (SUSE-SU-2018:2812-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120104

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for nodejs8 to version 8.11.4 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-12115: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory write in Buffer that could be used to write to memory outside of a Buffer's memory space buffer (bsc#1105019)

Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2p, which fixed :

- CVE-2018-0732: Client denial-of-service due to large DH parameter (bsc#1097158)

- ECDSA key extraction via local side-channel

Other changes made: Recommend same major version npm package (bsc#1097748)

Fix parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js test to continue to function with older versions of OpenSSL library.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-2018-1971=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120104

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2812-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 7/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12115

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0732, CVE-2018-12115

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